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I would have checked the flop to see what he does. Leading may have won it right there, but it also may look weird to a preflop aggressor. Tough spot, especially out of position against a raiser. I hate TT and JJ for this reason. In fact, PT says I lose more money with JJ (and AQ) than any other hands. So maybe my advice here isn't what you're after.If stacks were deeper I might checkraise the flop to see how serious he is (probably why I lose money with JJ). But you're often ahead here. Since you bet the flop I would go ahead and lead any safe turn. His call doesn't mean he has a king--he may

Or you'd have lost a lot more ... maybe?

It doesn't guarantee anything, but folding here hardly guarantess you won't spend three hours making big laydowns and then bubble because you never found "the right spot."Much of the time the early big stacks are donks who play too many hands, so you're right that they usually don't get too deep. But if you're a solid player who knows the angles, tripling up on the first hand is definitely +ev.

I think folding too much is a common over-correction--like using "whomever" when you should have said "whoever."Sorry, couldn't resist. What are you doing to me FCP?!

How do you put aside the $10 buy in? That's key. If you are trying to do well you should call pre-flop with KK when you're getting amazing odds against what are likely at least a couple random hands. In this spot OP is almost getting the right odds to call if he could see everyone's cards and one of them had AA.I hate all the folding that is advocated in the name of "look for a better spot." This is the spot. Call. All damn day.

Yeah, that's what I meant.

I'm in. Hear me roar, etc.

You noticed that too!?Best response so far ...

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I don't think so ...I haven't watched the second season yet because I'm still checking out the first. It's on DVD now, so you can catch up. There's some pretty cool shit in the first season, so I'm going out on a limb based on my mostly incomplete knowledge and I'm going to say that usually something happens.The best part about this is that I work for a television magazine and I'm only halfway through the first season of one of last year's most popular shows.

Out in 15th.Complete in the sb with 45 and only the BB in the pot. He checks. Flop comes KT4 rainbow. I bet out, he calls. Turn 4 of diamonds. I bet, he raises. Looks like a semi-bluff with the second diamond on the board. I re-raise, he calls. River Q of diamonds. He bets, I accidentally raise (for the second time this game--I need to get familiar with the software before I play these random tourneys). He just calls, so I figure I have him ...Until he turns over TT and drags with the boat. So why didn't he reraise A) with TT when I completed in the SB with no one left to act behind him or B)

My KK vs his AA -- bailed by a semi-scary flopdown to 4620

I like my new table a whole lot more and not because of their amazing personalities.5820

2220Up and down. Playing pretty straightforward and it's killing me for lack of cards. Was up to about 4000 at one point, but overplayed an AQ in early position, flopped top two against a short stack who reraised all in and caught a set on the turn.

Hanging in there. Have justblaze to my left, so ...I'm glad he's gone card dead. Cool to sit with all of these guys whose advice I've been glued to for the last few months. Not cool when they start reraising my blind steals.I've also made two software-related mistakes--reraised when I meant to fold and folded when I meant to check in a heads up pot where I may have had the best hand.I like the structure, though. Nice work, Fell.